Comments on: Whatever http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2007/10/21/whatever/ The odd parity bit Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:26:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jonas http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2007/10/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-17538 Jonas Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:53:22 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2007/10/21/whatever/#comment-17538 the registration prevents the average ubuntu user from downloading solaris. a good thing that is... the registration prevents the average ubuntu user from downloading solaris.
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]]> By: James http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2007/10/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-17521 James Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:52:33 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2007/10/21/whatever/#comment-17521 Project Indiana is going to be a partial fix for Sun's registration fetish. Project Indiana is going to be a partial fix for Sun’s registration fetish.

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2007/10/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-17515 Daniel Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:13:22 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/dolske/2007/10/21/whatever/#comment-17515 I remember trying to download the Java runtime once. I spent half an hour trying to figure out where to get it from. I kept getting truncated downloads. I couldn't use something like wget because their servers would assign unique IDs to each download attempt, and wouldn't allow restarts. I can't remember the number of times I had to go back and start again because I usually have JavaScript disabled, and they used it for certain critical links on the page. Why they are incapable of putting the file on an FTP server and pointing a link at it is beyond me. Sun seems to specialise in making life difficult. Sorry for ranting :) I remember trying to download the Java runtime once.

I spent half an hour trying to figure out where to get it from. I kept getting truncated downloads. I couldn’t use something like wget because their servers would assign unique IDs to each download attempt, and wouldn’t allow restarts. I can’t remember the number of times I had to go back and start again because I usually have JavaScript disabled, and they used it for certain critical links on the page.

Why they are incapable of putting the file on an FTP server and pointing a link at it is beyond me. Sun seems to specialise in making life difficult.

Sorry for ranting :)

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